Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest left ED without being seen
65 Arkansas hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Left ED without being seenlower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 2.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T47 | Baxter Health | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 268 | Compare Baxter Health |
| T47 | Great River Medical Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 168 | Compare Great River Medical Center |
| T47 | Ouachita County Medical Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | — | Compare Ouachita County Medical Center |
| T47 | Little River Memorial Hospital | 3.0%, 17th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 160 min, 42nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Little River Memorial Hospital |
| T55 | Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 129 | Compare Arkansas Methodist Medical Center |
| T55 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 18.1%, 0th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 60 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County |
| T55 | Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 150 | Compare Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| T55 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 149 min, 50th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 174 | Compare North Arkansas Regional Medical Center |
| T55 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 300 | Compare Jefferson Regional Medical Center |
| T55 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden, Inc | 4.0%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 139 min, 57th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 11 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden, Inc |
| T61 | University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences | 5.0%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 285 min, 2nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 450 | Compare University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences |
| T61 | White County Medical Center | 5.0%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 571 | Compare White County Medical Center |
| T61 | Mena Regional Health System | 5.0%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 min, 62nd percentile | — | 45 | Compare Mena Regional Health System |
| T61 | Unity Health - Jacksonville | 5.0%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 130 min, 65th percentile | 0.82, 98th percentile | — | Compare Unity Health - Jacksonville |
| 65 | Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 225 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).